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DUNCAN O. HARTMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,881, dated September 13, 1881.

Application filed July 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN U. HARTMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of llIaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Commodes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a commode in which the liquid and solid parts of the fecal matter are kept separate, thereby enabling the same to be disposed of with less labor and otfensiveness, and the better adapting it to be utilized for purposes of fertilization.

The subject-matter constituting the invention will first be described and its mode of operation explained, and then designated in the claims.

Figure l is a vertical section of the commode, illustrative of one mode of storing the liquid. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the parts, illustrating a separate receptacle within the commode for storing the liquid. Fig. 4 is a view of the urine-receptacle.

The letter A designates a metallic cylinder, hich constitutes the outer case. A is a tight bottom, and B a wooden top or seat, havinga metal flange b, which fits within the upper rim of the cylinder; but other means than the metal flange may be employed to retain the seat in position. The seat is made in two parts, and hinged so that the front portion, 0, may turn up, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, for the purpose of giving access to the urinefunnel E, which is immediately below. A hinged cover, (I, closes the usual hole, (1, formed in the top.

The letter F designates a movable receptacle to receive the more solid parts of the excrement. This receptaclefits within the case A. Itswalls maybe vertical orinclined. For the most part they are circular, that portion,

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however, nearest the front being preferably straight, as shown at F in Fig. 2, by which space is left in the front part of cylindrical case A for means to carry off or store the urine.

The receptacle F may have eithera tight bottom, as shown in Fig.3, where a separate urinestoring receptacle, H, is combined within the commode, or it may have a strainer, g, in the bottom, as showmin Figs. 1 and 2, where a .pipe, I, passes either through the side or bottom to carry off the urine to a drain or to a tank, L, located in the cellar, or in a pit or upon suitable feet, f, which sustain it above the funnel N, and a bail or handles, 1', are attached for convenience in remor'ing the receptacle.

My apparatus has been contrived with the object in view of utilizing the solid parts of the excreta by manufacturing it into commercial fertilizers. To thisend it is necessary to put the solid parts in the driest possible condition. I therefore not only have separate receptacles for the liquid and solid parts, but I provide the receptacle for the solid parts with means for draining oft any liquid that may be contained therein.

Just below the point of joinder of the funnel-pipe n with the pipe 1 is a filter-chamber, P, of any suitable form, in the present instance represented as a section of the pipe 1. This chamber is to contain charcoal or any other suitable filtering material for depriving the urine of fecuient matter, and is important to be used as a sanitary precaution it the pipe I terminates in a house drainor sewer. tion of the filter is suchthat the urine from the funnel and the drainings from the receptacle containing the solids are deprived of feculent matter. If the pipe I discharges the urine into a tank, L, the filter is not so important,

The loca- 5 It will be observed that the upper end, I, of the pipe I stands within the case A and reaches to a point above the top of the receptacle F. The upper end of this pipe is open and forms a seat for the movable urine-funnel E,to which a pipe, 0, is attached and depends within the stand-pipe I. This arrangement places the urine-funnel in proper position with reference to the seat-hole d, and the pipe 6 permits the funnel to be elevated when the hinged front part, c, of the seat is raised, as shown in broken lines intFig. 1, for the convenience of a male person who does not desire to occupy the seat.

Should the premises in which the commode may be located be so arranged as to prevent the use of a pipe, I, a separate receptacle, H, may be employed to receive the urine. This receptacle is of size and shape to sit within the space left in the front part of cylinder A, ad-

joining the straight side F of the other receptacle. The top of the urine-receptacle is somewhat in the form of a cone, g, which enables it to be easily emptied when turned upside down, and the pipe 6 of the movable urine-funnel enters the receptacle through a hole in the cone, the funnel E resting thereon, as shown in Fig. 4. A ventilating-outlet, s, leads to a flue, T, in the wall and afiords escape for the odors.

In Fig.1 a sack, M, is shown inside of the receptacle F. This sack may be made of paper or other cheap material, and its top is secured at the upper edge of the receptacle by any suitable means. The sack serves to protect the receptacle from contamination, and when the receptacleis emptied the sack,with its contents, is turned out.

To protect the hinged cover d from being soiled by contact of the gases or moisture it may have a covering of paper or other material detachabl y secured, as set forth in United States Letters Patent granted to me December 2, 1879.

I am aware that in water-closets a grating has heretofore been shown in the excreta-receptacle to allow the escape of water emptied into said receptacle for the purpose of flushing it and carrying 011 the solid parts, and I do not claim such a grating or strainer, nor any device for such purpose.

My improvements relate not to a water-closet, but to a commode in which no water is employed. My strainer, therefore, occupies a horizontal position in the bottom of the receptacle and serves to confine all the solid parts.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent- 1. In a commode, the combination of an outer case, a movable urine-funnel within the outer case having a depending pipe attached, and means with which the depending pipe connects also within the outer case to receive the urine, whereby the funnel may be elevated, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a commode, the combination ofa urinefunnel having a depending pipe attached to permit the elevation of the funnel, and a seat having ahinged portion immediately above the funnel, as set forth.

3. In a commode, the combination of a receptacle for the more solid parts of the excreta, a strainer having a horizontal position in the bottom of the receptacle, and a pan or funnel to receive the drainings which pass the strainer or outlet, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DUNCAN O. HARTMAN.

Vitnesses GHAs. B. MANN, W. A. NUMsEN. 

